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Been to your local Apple Store lately? You probably noticed that it’s much more than a place that sells stuff. There are Geniuses there to help you with your tech problems, and in the bigger stores, there are training sessions and youth programs. Mostly, people never buy a thing and just hang out, using the iPads, Macs, and the free internet access. Some people stay there all day, and that’s fine with Apple, as long as you don’t stink up the joint.The Apple Store is much more than a store, and that’s probably why Apple decided to drop the “Store” from the name, according to a report by MacRumors. Now it’s just “Apple,” plus the name of the location to differentiate each store. For example, in Orlando, Florida, the two Apple stores are known as Apple Florida Mall and Apple Millenia.MacRumors said that the company issued a memo to its retail employees, stating that the name change is a gradual one and starts with new stores, though … [Read more...] about The ‘Apple Store’ is now just ‘Apple,’ but you probably called it that anyway

Spring is just around the corner, which means we’re likely getting close to another Apple event—and the rumor mill is starting to churn. As first spotted by MacRumors, Japanese site Mac Otakara recently claimed that Apple will host an event in March with its new iPad Pro lineup in the starring role. But now we’re not so sure—maybe an event will happen in April, after Apple Park opens, or perhaps Apple will just update the product mix in the Apple Store without a press event at all.Until it’s official, we’ll collect every rumor here and add our two cents, right up until the moment the new models are unveiled onstage.The rumor: Apple Store down! Well, going down. The eagle eyes at MacRumors noticed that Apple’s online store would have some planned “maintenance” on Tuesday, March 21, from midnight to 5:30 a.m. Pacific. Hmmm. Since the store always goes down before new products are added, naturally this has curiosity piqued that this … [Read more...] about New iPad rumors: Planned Apple Store outage on Tuesday—could it be new iPads?

Apple is now letting everybody know when the Apple Store goes down for maintenance ahead of time. The Apple System Status page shows besides the current status of a service also upcoming maintenance.This is a new feature. Before the Apple Store just went down, without notice. The Apple Online Store will shut down at 3am ET and will open again at 8:30am ET. Update:9:00am ET: Apple announced a slew of new products on March 21. The list of new Apple products include iPhone 7 Product (RED), 9.7-inch iPad, iPhone SE and the Clips app. Apple did not introduce new iPad Pro models today. See the details of the new Apple products in our round-up.3:35am ET: The Apple Store is down, 35 minutes after the announced time. Apple confirms that there will be something new in the store when it reopens. The message on the online Apple Store reads: "We've got something special in store for you." Star to get excited. As outlined below, the most likely new releases are updated iPad Pro tablets.3:30am ET: … [Read more...] about Apple Store Down At 3am Eastern: New Apple Products Confirmed

Devialet, a French Audio Firm has recently announced that it’s popular $2,000 Phantom Implosive Sound Center will be available at selected Apple Stores.The availability is considered to be exclusive. As mentioned only selected stores will have the speakers for now, the open availability will start from 2016.Devialet's 750-watt Phantom, $1,990, and 3,000-watt Silver Phantom speakers, $2,390, are currently the third and second most expensive speakers available in Apple Stores.The top position is already taken by Bang & Olufsen's BeoPlay A9 floor-standing unit.The white pods are quite heavy in price but have received praise and acclamation from The Absolute Sound, Wired, SoundStage! and Rolling Stone.Devialet CEO Quentin Sanniéin his statement said that working with Apple was a dream of Devialet since its birth.He also said that their products are similar to Apple’s products in quality, re-invention and the worldwide praise from the customers.CEO also said that the … [Read more...] about Apple Stores Will Now Be Selling Deviant Phantom “Implosive” Speakers

Apple along with Amazon brought Black Friday to Europe. This year Apple is not offering a Black Friday sale outside the United States. In past years you could see the Apple Store Black Friday deals to appear first in Australia and then Europe before they became available in the US Apple Store.I was waiting for the Australian store to go down and relaunch with the Apple Store Black Friday deals, but nothing happened. Then I remembered that the Apple announcement said that the (RED) Gift Cards would only be available in the United States. When I read it back then, I thought that European Apple Stores would offer discounts or normal gift cards. The International Apple Stores display an announcement that Apple will donate a portion from the sales on December 1, World Aids Day and Cyber Monday. No word about deals.So just when the Black Friday phenomenon gains momentum in the UK and also in Germany, Apple pulls out. Apple has announced a huge charity promotion to fight AIDS. Apple will … [Read more...] about International Apple Stores Have No Black Friday Sale This Year

We reported earlier that Apple has announced a huge charity promotion to fight AIDS. Apple will donate a portion of the sales the company makes on the Apple Store Black Friday and Apple Store Cyber Monday sale to the Global Fund to fight AIDS.In the US Apple Store Black Friday 2014 Sale customers will receive a special edition (RED) iTunes gift card with the purchase of select Apple products. For each gift card distributed, Apple will also donate a percentage to the Global Fund.Now the values of the Gift Card Apple Store Black Friday 2014 deals have been revealed on the Apple site. For the first time the iPhone is part of the Black Friday sale. And as predicted the Beast Products are also part of the Apple Store Black Friday 2014 Sale. And also new is the gift card on the Apple TV. Qualifying iPhone: $50 Gift Card Qualifying iPad: $50 Gift Card Qualifying Mac: $100 Gift Card Qualifying iPod: $25 Gift Card Qualifying Apple TV: $25 Gift Card Qualifying Beats product: $25 Gift … [Read more...] about Apple Store Black Friday 2014 Deals Revealed

The iPhone 6 screen size is debated online, Microsoft Office arrives on the iPad, staff are being sought for the iWatch, Mavericks reaches 40%, what is happening with the sapphire production, diversity in emojis, iBeacons at MLB parks, and the secret Scottish Apple store plans are a little less secret. Apple Loop is here to remind you of a few of the very many things that happened around Apple over the last seven days. Now Every Snowball Has A Chance…I don’t think there’s much doubt about the big news this week. Microsoft’s release of Office for the iPad (with iOS versions of Word, PowerPoint, and Excel now available) opens up a world of possibilities for personal users, but this is going to be bigger news for Enterprise users. Because an Office 365 subscription is required, there will be countless iPad-equipped workers who have just had their productivity options increased because their workplace already has an Enterprise 365 subscription.Apple is still taking … [Read more...] about Apple Loop: IPhone 6 Screens, Microsoft Office For IPad, IBeacons For MLB, Secret Scottish Apple Stores

The Apple October 22nd event will start at 10am PDT. This Apple media event will be streamed live, which is great news for Apple fans. Apple is going to launch new products today as the Apple Store has been taken down globally.We expect Apple to unveil the new iPad 5 and the iPad mini 2. There will also be new MacBook Pros and possibly other computer upgrades. Find more details on what to expect from the Apple October 22nd Media event.Check the Apple Store to see if it is back online. Find more Apple News and Rumors in our Apple News Hub and on our new real-time Apple news site Apple Balla. Apple is set to have an exciting fall and holiday season with the release of iOS 7 and OS Maverick in addition to a slew of new devices including the iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPad 5, iPad mini 2, Mac Pro, MacBook Air, iMac and MacBook Pro. There might also be something completely new that we do not know about. It is likely not the iWatch, which is expected for 2014. … [Read more...] about Apple Store Is Down Ahead Of IPad Media Event

Update: Apple offers Gift Card Bundle Deals in Apple Black Friday 2013 SaleApple has announced the Apple Black Friday 2013 Sale on the Apple site earlier this week. The company has posted a page detailing the Apple Black Friday sale. You can shop the Apple Black Friday deals online with free shipping, in stores and via the Apple Store Mobile App. Apple Black Friday prices will only available on 29 November, 2013, from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. Right now the Apple Store for Australia is down. This means we will soon know which Apple Black Friday deals we get once the US Apple Store launches the Black Friday sale at midnight.Yesterday we carried a rumor report that Apple will not offer discounts this year, but gift card bundle deals. This would be similar to the Back To School promotions Apple is offering. The gift cards would though be Apple Store Gift Cards and not iTunes Gift Cards.Every year shoppers get excited about the Apple Black Friday sale. Every year though Apple disappoints … [Read more...] about Apple Store Down In Preparation For Apple Black Friday 2013 Sale

Apple products will be once again among the hottest Holiday Gifts this year. Apple released today the Apple Holiday Gift Guide 2014 on the online Apple Store. The gift guide lists the typical Apple products you would expect in an Apple Gift guide including the iPad, Mac and iPhone. Other gift ideas from Apple include several Beats headphones, Apple Store Gift Cards, iTunes Gift Cards and toys and games. In the toys and games section it gets interesting. Apple features drones from Parrot. The Parrot MiniDrone Jumping Sumo and the brand new Parrot Bebop Drone. The $500 Parrot Bebop Drone is not officially on sale yet, but the Apple store ships it in 1 to 2 weeks. The Parrot Bebop is an amazing drone that delivers live stabilized full HD video via wi-fi.Other featured items in the toy and games section of the Apple Holiday Gift Guide are the new Sphero Ollie, Anki Drive Expansion Car, Tangible Play Osmo. The Tangible Play Osmo is great iPad accessory that transform the physical space in … [Read more...] about Apple Store Holiday Gift Guide Has Drones